Camphor

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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfgas-63.9 ± 0.7kcal/molCcbSteele, 1977 

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δfsolid-76.3 ± 0.6kcal/molCcbSteele, 1977ALS
Δfsolid-95. ± 16.kcal/molCcbDelafontaine, Sabbah, et al., 1973%hf298 calculated possible error by the authors; ALS
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δcsolid-1410.7 ± 0.6kcal/molCcbSteele, 1977Corresponding Δfsolid = -76.3 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
Δcsolid-1391. ± 16.kcal/molCcbDelafontaine, Sabbah, et al., 1973%hf298 calculated possible error by the authors; Corresponding Δfsolid = -95.6 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
Δcsolid-1408.0kcal/molCcbShchukarev and Shchukareva, 1932Corresponding Δfsolid = -78.99 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
Δcsolid-1409.8 ± 0.91kcal/molCcbSwietoslawski and Bobinska, 1929Corresponding Δfsolid = -77.2 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS
Δcsolid-1412.7kcal/molCcbRoth and Ostling, 1913Corresponding Δfsolid = -74.3 kcal/mol (simple calculation by NIST; no Washburn corrections); ALS

Constant pressure heat capacity of solid

Cp,solid (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
64.82298.1Frandsen, 1931T = 307 to 483 K.; DH

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tboil482.3KN/ALecat, 1947Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC
Tboil482.25KN/ALecat, 1943Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.3 K; TRC
Tboil482.25KN/ALecat, 1943, 2Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.5 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Tfus449.KN/AMjojo, 1979Crystal phase 1 phase; Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 1. K; TRC
Tfus451.5KN/AFrandsen, 1931, 2Uncertainty assigned by TRC = 0.1 K; TRC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δvap13.0kcal/molCGCChickos, Hosseini, et al., 1995Based on data from 343. - 383. K.; AC
Δvap13.0kcal/molCGCChickos, Hosseini, et al., 1995Based on data from 343. - 383. K.; AC
Δvap13.2kcal/molCGCChickos, Hosseini, et al., 1995Based on data from 343. - 383. K.; AC
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δsub12.4 ± 0.2kcal/molVSteele, 1977ALS

Antoine Equation Parameters

log10(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (atm)
    T = temperature (K)

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Temperature (K) A B C Reference Comment
451.20 - 505.503.303961096.291-148.579de Wilde, 1937Coefficents calculated by NIST from author's data.

Enthalpy of sublimation

ΔsubH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Method Reference Comment
12.3 ± 0.62283.HSAChickos, 1975Based on data from 273. - 293. K.; AC
12.8363.N/AJones, 1960Based on data from 273. - 453. K.; AC
13.1301.N/ASherwood and Bryant, 1957Based on data from 285. - 318. K.; AC

Enthalpy of fusion

ΔfusH (kcal/mol) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
1.630451.5Frandsen, 1931DH

Entropy of fusion

ΔfusS (cal/mol*K) Temperature (K) Reference Comment
3.609451.5Frandsen, 1931DH

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

1,7,7-Trimethyl-2-norbornanone dimethyl ketal + Water = 2Methyl Alcohol + Camphor

By formula: C12H22O2 + H2O = 2CH4O + C10H16O

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Δr1.848 ± 0.085kcal/molCmWiberg and Cunningham, 1990liquid phase; Heat of hydrolysis

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Proton affinity (review)205.4kcal/molN/AHunter and Lias, 1998HL
Quantity Value Units Method Reference Comment
Gas basicity197.7kcal/molN/AHunter and Lias, 1998HL

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
8.76 ± 0.03PIVilesov, 1960RDSH

IR Spectrum

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Data compiled by: Timothy J. Johnson, Tanya L. Myers, Yin-Fong Su, Russell G. Tonkyn, Molly Rose K. Kelly-Gorham, and Tyler O. Danby


Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director

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References

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Steele, 1977
Steele, W.V., The standard enthalpies of formation of bicyclic compounds. III. 1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1977, 9, 311-314. [all data]

Delafontaine, Sabbah, et al., 1973
Delafontaine, J.; Sabbah, R.; Laffitte, M., Mesures microcalorimetriques des enthalpies de reference de formation (a l'etat condense) de composes volatils - mise au point de la technique, Z. Phys. Chem. (Neue Folge), 1973, 84, 157-172. [all data]

Shchukarev and Shchukareva, 1932
Shchukarev, A.N.; Shchukareva, L.A., Heat standards, Russ. J. Phys. Chem. (Engl. Transl.), 1932, 3, 169-174. [all data]

Swietoslawski and Bobinska, 1929
Swietoslawski, M.W.; Bobinska, M.J., O cieple spalania kamfory, azobenzenu i hydrazobenzenu - Sur la chaleur de combustion du comphre, de l'hydrazobenzene, Rocz. Chem., 1929, 9, 723-730. [all data]

Roth and Ostling, 1913
Roth, W.A.; Ostling, G.J., Thermochemische Untersuchungen in der alicyclischen Reihe, Ber., 1913, 46, 309-327. [all data]

Frandsen, 1931
Frandsen, M., Cryoscopic constant, heat of fusion, and heat capacity of camphor, Bur. Stand. J. Res., 1931, 7, 477-483. [all data]

Lecat, 1947
Lecat, M., Orthobaric Azeotropes of Sulfides, Bull. Cl. Sci., Acad. R. Belg., 1947, 33, 160-82. [all data]

Lecat, 1943
Lecat, M., Negative and other Azeotropes, C. R. Hebd. Seances Acad. Sci., 1943, 217, 242. [all data]

Lecat, 1943, 2
Lecat, M., Azeotropes of Ethyl Urethane and other Azeotropes, C. R. Hebd. Seances Acad. Sci., 1943, 217, 273. [all data]

Mjojo, 1979
Mjojo, C.C., Order-disorder phenomena: part 2. order-disorder phase equilibria in d-and l-systems of camphor and related compounds., J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 2, 1979, 75, 692-703. [all data]

Frandsen, 1931, 2
Frandsen, M., Cryoscopic constant, heat of fusion, and heat capacity of camphor, Bur. Stand. J. Res., 1931, 1931, 7 477. [all data]

Chickos, Hosseini, et al., 1995
Chickos, James S.; Hosseini, Sarah; Hesse, Donald G., Determination of vaporization enthalpies of simple organic molecules by correlations of changes in gas chromatographic net retention times, Thermochimica Acta, 1995, 249, 41-62, https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-6031(95)90670-3 . [all data]

de Wilde, 1937
de Wilde, J.H., «65533»ber die Dampfdrucke des Kampfers, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem., 1937, 233, 4, 411-414, https://doi.org/10.1002/zaac.19372330408 . [all data]

Chickos, 1975
Chickos, James Speros, A simple equilibrium method for determining heats of sublimation, J. Chem. Educ., 1975, 52, 2, 134-39, https://doi.org/10.1021/ed052p134 . [all data]

Jones, 1960
Jones, A.H., Sublimation Pressure Data for Organic Compounds., J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1960, 5, 2, 196-200, https://doi.org/10.1021/je60006a019 . [all data]

Sherwood and Bryant, 1957
Sherwood, T.K.; Bryant, J.H., Jr., Can. J. Chem. Eng., 1957, 35, 51. [all data]

Wiberg and Cunningham, 1990
Wiberg, K.B.; Cunningham, W.C., Jr., Thermochemical studies of carbonyl reactions. 4. Enthalpies of hydrolysis of norbornyl ketals, J. Org. Chem., 1990, 55, 679-684. [all data]

Hunter and Lias, 1998
Hunter, E.P.; Lias, S.G., Evaluated Gas Phase Basicities and Proton Affinities of Molecules: An Update, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 3, 413-656, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556018 . [all data]

Vilesov, 1960
Vilesov, F.I., The photoionization of vapors of compounds whose molecules contain carbonyl groups, Dokl. Phys. Chem., 1960, 132, 521, In original 1332. [all data]


Notes

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